Comments on: Keeping the celebration going http://www.knitsisters.com/2007/08/17/celebration/ Watch out. We've got sharp sticks. Fri, 29 Aug 2008 23:21:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.3 by: Ellen http://www.knitsisters.com/2007/08/17/celebration/#comment-16460 Sun, 19 Aug 2007 01:14:24 +0000 http://www.knitsisters.com/2007/08/17/celebration/#comment-16460 Thank you all for the lovely (and funny) comments and the encouragement on the sweater. I have a question for Cindy, though. What does "between Erin and Dean" mean? In this context? Or any other. Anyone who knows should feel free to comment. Thank you all for the lovely (and funny) comments and the encouragement on the sweater.

I have a question for Cindy, though. What does “between Erin and Dean” mean? In this context? Or any other. Anyone who knows should feel free to comment.

]]> by: cindy http://www.knitsisters.com/2007/08/17/celebration/#comment-16448 Sat, 18 Aug 2007 21:34:06 +0000 http://www.knitsisters.com/2007/08/17/celebration/#comment-16448 Having spent the last three hours in the torturous Texas "between Erin and Dean" heat and humidity, making sure cows had plenty of water, doctoring one needing it, walking through waist high weeds with sticks to evict any stray copperhead or rattlesnake, all with my husband of 23 plus years, I can tell you that keeping the celebration going is sometimes nothing more than walking into your air-conditioned house together, taking turns showering, fixing cold drinks, and sticking a tray of cookies in the oven. Hell, if we had a $400,000 pool, we'd probably just turn it into a cattle trough. Awesome elephant! I aspire to be the kind of knitter you girls are some day. Having spent the last three hours in the torturous Texas “between Erin and Dean” heat and humidity, making sure cows had plenty of water, doctoring one needing it, walking through waist high weeds with sticks to evict any stray copperhead or rattlesnake, all with my husband of 23 plus years, I can tell you that keeping the celebration going is sometimes nothing more than walking into your air-conditioned house together, taking turns showering, fixing cold drinks, and sticking a tray of cookies in the oven.
Hell, if we had a $400,000 pool, we’d probably just turn it into a cattle trough.
Awesome elephant! I aspire to be the kind of knitter you girls are some day.

]]> by: Alice Latham http://www.knitsisters.com/2007/08/17/celebration/#comment-16445 Sat, 18 Aug 2007 19:30:13 +0000 http://www.knitsisters.com/2007/08/17/celebration/#comment-16445 P.S. Ellen, I continue to stand in awe of the Knit Sisters craftsmanship. Lucky little person who will receive this sweater. P.S. Ellen, I continue to stand in awe of the Knit Sisters craftsmanship. Lucky little person who will receive this sweater.

]]> by: Alice Latham http://www.knitsisters.com/2007/08/17/celebration/#comment-16444 Sat, 18 Aug 2007 19:27:40 +0000 http://www.knitsisters.com/2007/08/17/celebration/#comment-16444 Ladies: My husband of 49 years always tells people that we have stayed together this long because in the early years of our marriage, we agreed that whomever asked for the divorce had to take the kids (we have four). Needless to say - that is perhaps whey we are still together. LOL!!! Ladies: My husband of 49 years always tells people that we have stayed together this long because in the early years of our marriage, we agreed that whomever asked for the divorce had to take the kids (we have four). Needless to say - that is perhaps whey we are still together. LOL!!!

]]> by: Leanne http://www.knitsisters.com/2007/08/17/celebration/#comment-16425 Sat, 18 Aug 2007 13:38:37 +0000 http://www.knitsisters.com/2007/08/17/celebration/#comment-16425 Very cute sweater! My mother has a theory that a marriage will last if you learn to deal with crisis when you're still in that "we can get through anything" stage. If the early years in a marriage are too smooth, she says, then you don't learn how to handle crises together, so when they hit (and they will!) you are totally unprepared. At least that's what she told me when I was going through a crisis early in my marriage :-) Very cute sweater!

My mother has a theory that a marriage will last if you learn to deal with crisis when you’re still in that “we can get through anything” stage. If the early years in a marriage are too smooth, she says, then you don’t learn how to handle crises together, so when they hit (and they will!) you are totally unprepared. At least that’s what she told me when I was going through a crisis early in my marriage :-)

]]> by: lorinda http://www.knitsisters.com/2007/08/17/celebration/#comment-16381 Fri, 17 Aug 2007 20:28:15 +0000 http://www.knitsisters.com/2007/08/17/celebration/#comment-16381 Love the sweater. That's one lucky landlady's girl who'll get it! And you and Alex will keep the celebration going in ways that are meaningful to you and not patently cheesy (or if they are cheesy, they are cheesy on purpose). Love the sweater. That’s one lucky landlady’s girl who’ll get it!

And you and Alex will keep the celebration going in ways that are meaningful to you and not patently cheesy (or if they are cheesy, they are cheesy on purpose).

]]> by: Erin http://www.knitsisters.com/2007/08/17/celebration/#comment-16378 Fri, 17 Aug 2007 19:53:07 +0000 http://www.knitsisters.com/2007/08/17/celebration/#comment-16378 "Which will be important because you will no longer have any friends." *gigglesnort* How true! That sweater really does look awesome. :) “Which will be important because you will no longer have any friends.”

*gigglesnort* How true!

That sweater really does look awesome. :)

]]> by: Kristy http://www.knitsisters.com/2007/08/17/celebration/#comment-16374 Fri, 17 Aug 2007 17:47:47 +0000 http://www.knitsisters.com/2007/08/17/celebration/#comment-16374 Oh, the sweater is so cute. And so beautifully executed as well! Your husband should be bragging about the perfectly pointed V-neck. "Keepin' the celebration going" is a great phrase. Maybe we should adopt this as well. Oh, the sweater is so cute. And so beautifully executed as well! Your husband should be bragging about the perfectly pointed V-neck.

“Keepin’ the celebration going” is a great phrase. Maybe we should adopt this as well.

]]> by: Kim http://www.knitsisters.com/2007/08/17/celebration/#comment-16371 Fri, 17 Aug 2007 16:52:16 +0000 http://www.knitsisters.com/2007/08/17/celebration/#comment-16371 Oh, that sweater is turning out great! I love the striped ribbing. I'm all for keeping the celebration going, but those sentences do seem a bit contrived. My HS teacher once told us, when we asked her how do people stay with their mates for so long, that "You keep falling in love with them over and over again." That's what I've experienced. Along with, "I up and married you, didn't I? Huh. Probably a good idea." Oh, that sweater is turning out great! I love the striped ribbing.

I’m all for keeping the celebration going, but those sentences do seem a bit contrived. My HS teacher once told us, when we asked her how do people stay with their mates for so long, that “You keep falling in love with them over and over again.” That’s what I’ve experienced. Along with, “I up and married you, didn’t I? Huh. Probably a good idea.”

]]> by: Sarah http://www.knitsisters.com/2007/08/17/celebration/#comment-16369 Fri, 17 Aug 2007 16:49:37 +0000 http://www.knitsisters.com/2007/08/17/celebration/#comment-16369 How about this one: My dog is my hero because he is always glad to see me and he sleeps on the floor at the foot of my bed, thereby never hogging the actual bed or the covers. How about this one: My dog is my hero because he is always glad to see me and he sleeps on the floor at the foot of my bed, thereby never hogging the actual bed or the covers.

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